Homesickness

The do's and don't's of surviving homesickness:
  • first of all and most importantly, do not allow yourself self-pity
  • do keep your mind occupied at all times. In the shower, when you get time to "reflect," count the seconds or sing very, very loudly. Just before going to sleep, cuddle a soft toy and list all the things you're going to do the next day. During meals, just as your eyes lose focus and your mind sinks into deep thought, snap out of it! Count the number of grains of rice if you must. Watch anime, T.V. or even read a textbook.
  • do not allow yourself the time to think
  • stay busy, if you can't man up and suck it in - go shopping, visit friends, solve puzzles watch pointless sitcoms, visit family, sleep through it, obsessively unpack, arrange, rearrange and clean your room...
  • do keep hydrated and well-fed
  • do not eat your emotions
  • do draw, paint, craft, sculpt, play an instrument, go to the gym, lose yourself in instagram, Facebook, Vine, Wattpad (yes, even that)
  • Do arrange your books by date published
  • do hide everything that can remind you of home
  • do stay away from your phone for a while - especially the pictures and call log
  • if the crying begins, let it all out at once, preferably in the presence of someone close enough to you to randomly get up and hug you. If this is not possible (quite likely the reason why you are consciously aware of the hole in your heart where home used to be) the crying, once begun, will not stop.
  • do not listen to lyrically sensible songs. You will then go in search of songs with gut wrenching sad words, and then clips from sad movies
  • it's cheesy, but write it out. As you write, you get rid of the gross feelings while reflecting on ways to fix them.
Again, though - when in doubt, sleep through it.

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